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Civilian rescue diver dies during ferry search

May 6, 2014
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This is the mask Lee had been using, but when he was discovered faced down under water, he had taken it off. (Yonhap)

A civilian diver who is a part of the search-and-rescue team at the scene of the ferry sinking in Korea has died, according to Yonhap.

The diver, a 53-year-old man only identified as Lee, lost consciousness during an 80-foot-deep underwater effort and was taken to a hospital in Mokpo by helicopter around 6:44 a.m. Tuesday morning in Korea.

He did not survive.

Lee was a diver with Undine Marine Industries who specialized in rescue work and engineering.

Divers’ health conditions are now being required to go through a check before diving since the incident, said South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won.